comes many trials and tribulations. This research paper will be discussing a pilot study done on compassion fatigue and burnout in nurses who work with children with chronic conditions and their families. The goal of this study was to identify the triggers, impacts, and coping strategies pediatric nurses use to manage compassion fatigue and prevent burnout. Compassion fatigue, meaning the natural behavior and emotional demands one experiences with helping or wanting to help a traumatized person,
Discovering My Triggers The definition of triggers is something that quickly, and unexpectedly changes our emotional framework in that second. I will be talking about six of my different triggers, focusing mainly on four negative ones that have an adverse effect on my emotional well being. I will also write about two other triggers that have a positive effect on me. I am a very reactive person; when something has an effect on me, it’s usually extremely easy to see it on my face, my body language
An epileptic seizure is a brief episode of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain also know as brain discharge. Photosensitive epilepsy is the name for seizures triggered by information processed by the eyes. This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of flashing lights or contrasting light or dark patterns. This information all passes through the eye into a part of the brain called the visual cortex. The visual cortex then sorts out
Around 50 million people in this world have to deal with epilepsy everyday. That is not always easy and, besides that, not everything is known about it yet. There are several types of epilepsy, but what is the difference between them and what are they called? My sister has reflex epilepsy, and that is exactly why I have chosen this subject. I was really curious about what happens in her brains during an epileptic attack. Next to that, I know what I should do when my sister has an epileptic attack
or more seizures that were not the result of an obvious cause, such as heart problems and low blood pressure. (Comprehensive Epilepsy Center). Epilepsy can be diagnosed in people of all ages, but is most common in children and the elderly. A person with epilepsy is in danger at all times because he or she never knows when an epileptic attack will occur. Epilepsy is a condition that negatively impacts an individual’s life through unpredictable seizures. In spite of unpredictable seizures people
predisposition to generate seizures and by its neurobiological, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences (Nandanavana et al., 2014). Epilepsy is the second most common and frequently encountered neurological condition that imposes heavy burden on individuals, families, and also on healthcare systems (Senthil Amudhan et al., 2015). International League against Epilepsy (ILAE 1993) defined Epilepsy a condition characterized by recurrent (two or more) epileptic seizures, unprovoked by any immediate
increasingly self-conscious about it. The first seizure I ever had was in fourth grade. The doctors do not know what triggered the seizure, and I do not remember it. The students and teachers told me that I screamed and lost consciousness. Then I started jerking with muscle contractions. Later, the doctors told me I had epilepsy, specifically the type known as grand mal. Immediately, the doctors put me on some medications to prevent the seizures. They also gave my parents a bunch of packets of
burst of electrical impulses which triggers the brain and causes a person to have a seizure. I will now explain three main concepts about epilepsy; the different types of epilepsy, what occurs during a
chronic disorder that is characterized by recurring seizures and sudden changes in electrical brain function. Epilepsy is defined by Goodman as “a chronic disorder of various causes characterized by recurrent seizures. According to the Epilepsy Foundation , epilepsy is the fourth most common neurologic disease in the immediately after Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular accident. Epilepsy is characterized by seizures but the presence of seizures is not always indicative of a diagnosis of epilepsy
the brain becomes disrupted triggering seizures or epochs of uncommon conduct, sensations and with the infrequently loss of consciousness (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Seizure symptoms could differ extensively; selected individuals with epilepsy solely gaze vacuously for few seconds with seizure, while others recurrently twitch their legs or arms (Arcangelo & Perterson, 2013). Given that epilepsy triggered by the aberrant bustle in the brain cells, seizures can distress any process that the brain
issues with it his entire life. Although he does have a form of the neurological disorder and similar background, his situation is much more complicated than the exact diagnosis being JAE. Juvenile Absence Epilepsy is an epilepsy syndrome with absence seizures, or staring spells, during which the child is not aware. It can begin from later childhood years up through adolescence, usually being a life-long condition. The cause of the syndrome is predominantly genetic, rarely ever being simply acquired by
Brain and the Nervous System by causing seizures. An analysis of different types of Epilepsy, medication, and the future of Epilepsy will show that there are different types of Epilepsy and the different types of medication and how this affects the nervous system and causes someone to have seizures constantly. Epilepsy is a medical condition that triggers an electrical impulse in the nervous system and an area in the brain that causes seizures. There are five different types of Epilepsy
socially dangerous and individuals where the seizure, under which they committed an unlawful act, is an isolated event which is unlikely to recur. The first main issue in this matter is the distinction between ‘brain’ and ‘mind’, which are very different “concepts”, a person who suffers of schizophrenia and commits a unlawful act, should be legally treated differently from a person who commit the same act but had suffered of an hyperglycaemic seizure. This leads to the problem of distinguishing
Epilepsy And The Blood Type Diet Are people with certain blood types more susceptible to chronic seizures than others? Can a simple diet reverse this medical condition? And why didn't anybody think of this before? There's a myriad of fad diets out these days: Atkins, the fruit juice diet, Russian Air Force diet, and the Zone to name a few. However, the most recent craze is, "The Blood Type Diet", based on the book, Eat Right 4 Your Type by Doctor Peter D'Adamo. The diet focuses on an individual's
Dravet defined three consecutive stages encompassing the course of the syndrome.4,5 Seizures typically begin within the first year of life, between 5 and 8 months of age in most cases, in children who were previously developing normally and without any pertinent neurological history.5,8 The seizures associated with the syndrome are most often fever-induced, generalized, clonic (commonly alternating hemiclonic seizures), unilateral or focal, prolonged (lasting at least 20 minutes), with a fraction of
diagnosed with epilepsy in the United States at some point in their lives. Epilepsy affects people of any age and any background (TEF, 2013). Sixty percent of cases are of unknown cause. Seizures affect different parts of the brain and result from different factors such as genetic, symptomatic, or idiopathic. Seizures can express themselves as partial (involved in one side of the brain) or generalized (involved in both sides of the brain), and as absent (the person stares blankly for a few seconds)
Emergency Medical Technician Research Paper INTRODUCTION: This paper is on epilepsy and seizures. The human brain is the source of all human epilepsy. (Steven C. Schachter, Patricia O. Shafer, Joseph I. Sirven, 2013) What is epilepsy? Epilepsy is sometimes referred to a seizure disorder, though not all seizures are related to epilepsy. According to the website Stony Brook Medicine, the reason a seizure occurs is because of an unexpected surge of electrical activity in the brain. (Stony Brook Medicine
dropped anchor just off the Falklands. The next day he went ashore and raised the British flag. (3) This action infuriated the Argentines, who had taken control of the Falklands upon receiving independence from Spain in 1816. With his imperialistic seizure of the islands, Onslow began a sequence of events that would end nearly 150 years later in war. Shortly after the invasion, the Argentine government set out four arguments in favour of their ownership of the Falklands: 1. Argentina ruled all
demonstrated in this article. Legal Model Some parents think the badges violate their children’s privacy rights. Under the 4th Amendment, people have the ‘right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, …’. However, how much privacy should a child have in grade school? Implementation of the badges is a protection, not a violation. They assist in determining the safe arrival of a student at school. They provide information throughout the day that
Seizures occur when abnormal signals from the brain and changes the way the body functions. Many people have seizures but they have different effects on them. Some people have a little shaking of their hands and do not lose consciousness, while others have a lot of shaking and do lose consciousness. While seizures have a range of life changing effects for adults, more needs to be focus on children. There are different kinds of seizures, each having different effects. There is the generalized seizures